The Architecture Pop-Up Book is a magnificent journey through history. Featuring amazing three-dimensional replications of famous buildings from ancient to modern times, the book showcases artwork, photographs, pop-ups and detailed text of the ancient Egyptian pyramids and Mesopotamian ziggurats; the great constructions of Greece and Rome, such as the Parthenon and the Colosseum; majestic Asian wonders, including the Taj Mahal and the Hagiá Sophiá; Gothic and Neoclassical masterpieces, from Notre Dame and the Florence Duomo to the Houses of Parliament and Monticello; and the work of such important modern architects as Gaudí, Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry. From a brilliantly elaborate Gothic cathedral nave to a telescoping Chrysler Building skyscraper, the talent and imagination of architects and builders from all eras and from all over the world are displayed and compared here.
— “Very sophisticated,” explained Rebecca Moira, manager of the Book Bridge in Watertown, S.D. “It’s more adult than kid, but kids seem to like it a lot.”
— “Exquisite. The buildings come to life,” said Robert Eckert, assistant manager of Bloom Books in Toledo, Ohio.
— “It’s a kid’s coffee table book,” laughed Sara Simensky, associate professor of children’s studies at University of California, Berkeley. “Children are becoming more sophisticated in the new millennium, and books are following suit.”